Show T une THE MILITARY LIMARY ATTITUDE IT is reported that governor murray is not averse averse to it bein being understood that he is responsible for the present sinister ister lster military attitude toward poor utah on the contrary he would probably rather have that impression prevail than not ile he has always betrayed anxiety to be publicly prominent never having placed himself in a position to be conspicuous in any way that would tend to benefit t the he territory or its people and as he enjoys standing out in singularity proba oly more lnore than anything else he be would rather be a projecting figlure figure in dis ci editable evitable edi table doings than not nut be thrown out in relief at all he lle will yet discover L lo weyer that what he m ag 1 a es to be a lialo halo of lory glory g around his head now will alti hill ultimately appear in his own eyes as a dark thad mat lie lle would fain shut mint out from his ga gaze z e it is not necessary now to state that ell it murray has neer ley jey er been and that he fie has never atte atle attempted a atea to be I 1 the he governor of utah T territory e in a correct sense sells officially or in name he has held the position for a series of vears ears cars during which from the date of his bis arrival lie he has beau been the persistent unvarying and unscrupulous enemy of the great arh bulk of the population 0 1 t n he has never shown the tile first sy symptom t of solicitude for their welfare he has piled up an array of wrongs against the territory and its people that he will one day nave to meet or justice will never get iet let its due not only has elt eit 11 murray never been governor of the whole people of utah because he has declined to act with the least degree of friendliness of spirit toward them but he has never stood in that official relation in its genius and essence to any part of the population whatever ile he has been the pliant tool of a knot of political conspirators whose sole aim for years has been to steal the territory that they might rule the majority with a rod of iron athas it has even been boasted by bv at least one member of that clique that hat he was the governor Gover norin in fact of the territory ryas as no movement of any moment could be ba made without it first received his approval these being facts well understood the ano anomalous malou s and utterly ine mex X state of affairs is ia not really the product of the governors iclal official omm off intrigues tri gues lie he is merely looked upon as the conduit through which a clique of political hacks reach the attainment of their nefarious objects he operates in the capacity of a gubernatorial gubernat oral tool manipulated by workmen more skilled and subtle than he be for the most intimate friends and admirers of mr kni ani murray urray would know they were running the risk of having their veracity or good judgment questioned if they were to ascribe to him fill much over the average amount of mental penetration it mastbe admitted that the invoking of military interference would naturally be through the regular channel but while the official glory of the affair must rest upon him as a matter of fact and justice the lions share should belong to the crowd of schemers from whom his inspiration is derived the amount of glory attributable to those who have been instrumental in producing the present military attitude toward utah should be predicated upon the degree of necessity for the situation that is a matter matte upon which nobody needs informing already have the mormons cormons Mor mons been subjected to oppressive outrages that would have caused a less patient people to rise in revolt this sta hta statement would hold good even if the passage of unjust special laws enacted for the purpose of making criminals of upright citizens was not considered and the partial warped and partisan enforcement of 0 those same statutes might also be thrown out without breaking ng the force of the fact but the law and its enforcement is the question upon which the threatened introduction of military force should be based there has ha not been and is not under the thle most extraordinary provocation the betrayal of tile tiie slightest disposition on the part of the saints to resist the execution ese eie cution catlon of the laws on account of the unjustly discriminative enforcement of an oppressive law not a few people have been driven into exile others on account of the jhb deree degree de ree of official i and popular vindictiveness of which h they are the objects and being convinced that the administration of justice la in this territory has been reduced to the status of a burlesque cavere have re tired from the public view until a more healthy and consistent judicial regime shall be established A great many have been arrested for the offense of living with and supporting their families A number have been tried and imprisoned while many others are j judging from the current of late local events on the high road to the penitentiary tent iary yet there has been no desits ance to the legal and judicial eions neither has there been an idea of offering any yet in the tace face of these facts the aid of the military is called for and a response is made to the foundationless foundation ess demand etisa it is asad a sad commentary upon the administration the readiness to comply with such an unnecessary request is an unhealthy sign for the republic it shows a too ready disposition to lay aside on a shallow pr text the methods of civi liza ilza libation tion ard and resort to forceful processes it Is a bad ign when the powers that be are arc inspired with a strong tendency to use the in military illary power not only before that of the civil authority has been exhausted but even previous to the potency of the latter being tested nobody supposes that there then will be any conflict on the even those who have exhibited so much anxiety to precipitate one now despair of their ability to accomplish what they desired they P toped by inducing a large body of armed men from the surrounding surrounding 1 country to ome come here on that day t to 0 create a disturbance they imagined they might do so with personal safety under the wing wins of the military which would interpose in the event of success attending their efforts the production of a crisis would woul dit it was hoped cause congress to resort to more extreme measures by taking all local government out of the thie hands of the majority and pl placing a cing it with a meagre and unscrupulous minority butas but as in all other similar efforts to incite the saints to active hostility this latest effort will fall fail if tile the signs speak correctly the thu conspiracy ay Js is of a piece but on a gi larger beale heale bc ale aie with the lying attempt that was recently made to show that the 11 mormons cormons Mor Alor mons in bear lake valley idaho had offered the resistance of lorce to united states officers of the law it is hoped however by the scheming clique that their efforts will lii not be fruitless in relation to their ultimate object they know full well the contemptible temp tible as well tas as oppressive character of their course they nat naturally aurally feel that they may some time lay the last straw on the niels camels ca back should that contingency arise they prefer it to be when they are shielded by military auth authority onty As evidence of this being the case we have but to point to the fact that their chagrin at not being able to produce a conflict at this juncture is relieved by a jubilant feeling this lively sentiment is caused oy by an anticipation of a permanent assurance 0 of in military gitary a aid ald this they imagine will enable them to set on foot new schemes es for the accomplishment of their purposes and to mature plots even more advanced in infamy than those they have already developed one would suppose however that the effect of 0 their t e r latest test ruse alien en its wicked though flimsy character har acter 1 is fully exhibited would be the reverse of what is desired and probably expected by them fon eon fora a short season however new phases of the conflict they persist in agitating will probably appear it is not likely that they will be less disturbing than those which have been alrea already dy brought to light |